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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Psalms one forty four

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Speaker 1: and one forty five, and we'll be reading from the

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Speaker 1: new English translation Psalm one forty four by David. The Lord,

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Speaker 1: my protector, deserves praise, the one who trains my hands

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Speaker 1: for battle and my fingers for war, who loves me

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Speaker 1: and is my stronghold, my refuge, and my deliverer, my shield,

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Speaker 1: And the one in whom I take shelter, who makes

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Speaker 1: nations submit to me, Oh Lord, Of what importance is

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Speaker 1: the human race that you should notice them? Of what

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Speaker 1: importance is mankind that you should be concerned about them?

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Speaker 1: People are like a vapor, They are days, like a

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Speaker 1: shadow that disappears. Oh Lord, Make the sky sink and

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Speaker 1: come down. Touch the mountains and make them smolder. Hurl

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Speaker 1: lightning bolts and scatter them. Shoot your arrows and route them.

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Speaker 1: Reach down from above, grab me and rescue me from

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Speaker 1: the surging water, from the power of foreigners who speak

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Speaker 1: lies and make false promises. Oh God, I will sing

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Speaker 1: a new song to you, accompanied by a ten stringed instrument.

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Speaker 1: I will sing praises to you, the one who delivers kings,

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Speaker 1: and rescue David his servant from a deadly sword. Grab

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Speaker 1: me and rescue me from the power of foreigners who

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Speaker 1: speak lies and make false promises. Then our suns will

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Speaker 1: be like plants that quickly grow to full size. Our

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Speaker 1: daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in

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Speaker 1: a palace. Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds

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Speaker 1: of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and

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Speaker 1: fill our pastures. Our cattle will be weighted down with produce.

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Speaker 1: No one will break through our walls, no one will

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Speaker 1: be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries

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Speaker 1: in our city squares. How blessed are the people who

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Speaker 1: experience these things. How blessed are the people whose God

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Speaker 1: is the Lord. Psalm oneive a psalm of praise by David.

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Speaker 1: I will extol you, my God, O King. I will

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Speaker 1: praise your name continually. Every day I will praise you.

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Speaker 1: I will praise your name continually. The Lord is great

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Speaker 1: and certainly worthy of praise. No one can fathom his greatness.

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Speaker 1: One generation will praise your deeds to another and tell

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Speaker 1: about your mighty acts. I will focus on your honor

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Speaker 1: and majestic splendor and your amazing deeds. They will proclaim

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Speaker 1: the power of your awesome acts. I will declare your

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Speaker 1: great deeds. They will talk about the fame of your

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Speaker 1: great kindness and sing about your justice. The Lord is

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Speaker 1: merciful and compassionate. He is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.

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Speaker 1: The Lord is good to all and has compassion on

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Speaker 1: all he has made. All he has made will give

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Speaker 1: thanks to the Lord. Your loyal followers will praise you.

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Speaker 1: They will proclaim the splendor of your kingdom. They will

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Speaker 1: tell about your power, so that mankind might acknowledge your

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Speaker 1: mighty acts and the majestic splendor of your kingdom. Your

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Speaker 1: kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through

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Speaker 1: all generations. The Lord supports all who fall and lifts

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Speaker 1: up all who are bent over. Everything looks to you

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Speaker 1: in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a

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Speaker 1: regular basis. You open your hand and fill every living

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Speaker 1: thing with the food they desire. The Lord is just

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Speaker 1: in all his actions and exhibits love in all he does.

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Speaker 1: The Lord is near all who cry out to him,

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Speaker 1: all who cry out to him sincerely. He satisfies the

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Speaker 1: desire of his loyal followers. He hears their cry for

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Speaker 1: help and delivers them. The Lord protects those who love him,

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Speaker 1: but he destroys all the wicked. My mouth will praise

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Speaker 1: the Lord. Let all who live praise his holy name forever.

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Speaker 1: Let's pray. Lord, We thank you for your word, and

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Speaker 1: thank you for the reminders that we're given as we

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Speaker 1: look at these psalms together today. And Lord, we know

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Speaker 1: that you are near to all who cry out to you,

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Speaker 1: that all who come to you and express their need

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Speaker 1: for your gift of salvation, all who trust in your

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Speaker 1: son Jesus Christ, receive the gift of salvation freely through

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Speaker 1: faith in him. Lord. We're grateful that when we make

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Speaker 1: that cry before your throne, that you hear us, and

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Speaker 1: that you answer, and that you joyfully give your gift

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Speaker 1: of salvation to all who seek it through your son. Lord,

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Speaker 1: thank you for this blessing, thank you for your love,

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Speaker 1: and thank you for your presence with us today. We

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Speaker 1: commit this day to your care, and we thank you

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Speaker 1: for all of these things. In Jesus' name Amen